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Ok, I promise not to get mad today. Maybe. Today’s misconception doesn’t really anger me, it simply befuddles me. You should not self-publish, because self-publishing is not a stepping-stone to real publication. Ok, story time. Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to own a store. When he was seven years old, he went Continue reading Misconceptions About Self-Publishing — Part II  In an effort to keep this a) short and b) G-rated, I’m going to limit myself to just one misconception at a time. (Well, maybe two.) Today’s misconception: Self-published books are garbage. All of them. This misconception comes in two basic flavors: Self-published books were not subjected to the query process, which keeps garbage off the streets. Continue reading Misconceptions About Self-Publishing — Part I Photographers can do it alone. Suppose that I’m a photographer. Actually, I am, and a pretty good one at that, but I don’t take it as seriously as I should. Suppose I did, though. Suppose I went out and shot 100 frames every day. Of those, say ten are keepers. I crop, correct, and tweak those Continue reading Photographers, Musicians, and Authors – Further Thoughts on Self-Publishing My sixth grade teacher, Mrs Lyons, seemed to be stuck in some mysterious past. We were convinced she missed the friends she’d grown up with, including her best friend, T-rex himself. She called her students "Master" and "Miss." "Miss Bacon, the capital of Arizona, please. Master Montgomery! Put that down now!" She made us stand beside our Continue reading Chalk, Newspapers, and Oblivion – Further Thoughts on Self-Publishing. I guess it’s good to know people care, at least! I’ve had so many emails asking me when my novel Jillian’s Gold is actually going to be available that I’ve decided I should post an update as to my publishing timeline. The proof copy of Jillian’s Gold came back from CreateSpace with serious margin issues, Continue reading My Publishing Timeline – An Update Every week, Jane Friedman posts the "Best Tweets For Writers" on her blog. One of the items mentioned on Sunday (I know, I’m behind on my reading. Again. Still.) was this: The media comments on self-published books (via @MoriahJovan) [for everyone who wonders why the self-pub stigma continues] Continue reading Self-Published Books: the Bias Goes Marching On! I ran across it again today. Someone blogged about @twitterlit and their twice-daily tweeting of first lines from novels. The blog said if I wanted to nominate my first line, I should follow this link, so I followed the link, and there it was, again, bigger than fresh stinky poo-poo: Suggest a first line for Continue reading Self-Publishing and the Persistence of Bias |
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